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    Shoprite Group Launches W23 Global, a $125M Corporate Venture Fund Targeting Early-Stage RetailTech

    Five of the world’s foremost grocery retailers have joined forces to inaugurate a groundbreaking...

    Kenyan Carbon Finance Startup Burn Secures $12M to Combat Africa’s Clean Cooking Deficit

    Burn, a Nairobi-based startup, is leveraging carbon finance to address Africa’s pressing issue of...

    DFC Supports Kenya’s Pezesha with $500K Grant Following Settlement in Liquidation Dispute

    Kenya’s digital lending platform, Pezesha, is set to enhance its credit scoring technology with...

    Toyota Tsusho Launches New Venture to Back African CleanTech

    In a move to spearhead renewable energy initiatives across Africa, Toyota Tsusho Corporation has...
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    BCEAO’s annual report reveals why getting 100m people to ditch paper is a multi-year slog.

    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

    Here's a closer look at the notable under-the-radar investment activity we're tracking this month.

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    The 10GWh Rabat facility—led by Chinese giant Gotion High-Tech—marks the first integrated LFP battery site in Africa and the Middle East.

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    Egypt's largest consumer finance platform has built a business on financial inclusion, but a mysterious data discrepancy in its annual report raises questions about the true cost of that mission.